South Africa vs South Korea statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 24th vs. 105th).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

South Africa and South Korea: Comparison Charts

South Africa and South Korea economies compared

GDP

South Africa

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	South Africa	South Korea
1960	$8,748,596,501	$3,958,811,881
1961	$9,225,996,310	$2,417,628,737
1962	$9,813,996,074	$2,814,615,385
1963	$10,854,195,658	$3,988,461,538
1964	$11,955,995,218	$3,459,019,943
1965	$13,068,994,772	$3,120,861,499
1966	$14,211,394,315	$3,929,055,144
1967	$15,821,393,671	$4,855,892,446
1968	$17,124,793,150	$6,119,394,892
1969	$19,256,992,297	$7,678,698,838
1970	$21,218,391,513	$9,005,144,969
1971	$23,411,076,638	$9,903,571,249
1972	$24,515,919,217	$10,862,211,761
1973	$33,262,772,008	$13,876,472,208
1974	$41,389,186,095	$19,543,973,941
1975	$42,906,905,672	$21,784,297,521
1976	$41,150,460,288	$29,902,479,339
1977	$45,328,411,332	$38,446,487,603
1978	$51,607,412,902	$51,972,107,438
1979	$63,038,658,089	$66,946,900,826
1980	$89,411,864,402	$65,398,377,598
1981	$93,141,472,164	$72,933,533,012
1982	$85,904,057,409	$78,358,416,171
1983	$96,204,110,942	$87,760,553,262
1984	$84,870,163,366	$97,510,744,119
1985	$64,459,376,087	$101,296,177,099
1986	$73,354,771,399	$116,836,246,285
1987	$96,535,763,418	$147,948,709,376
1988	$103,976,831,871	$199,591,287,825
1989	$108,055,624,082	$246,928,837,311
1990	$126,048,140,142	$283,365,844,161
1991	$135,203,698,238	$330,647,042,837
1992	$146,956,150,987	$355,524,903,068
1993	$147,194,747,566	$392,665,710,525
1994	$153,512,712,382	$463,619,823,515
1995	$171,735,933,897	$566,581,003,128
1996	$163,234,925,381	$610,167,053,824
1997	$168,978,057,328	$569,755,022,973
1998	$152,982,984,557	$383,331,833,682
1999	$151,516,957,079	$497,514,040,642
2000	$151,752,757,215	$576,179,387,820
2001	$135,429,905,923	$547,656,279,895
2002	$129,087,556,612	$627,246,933,730
2003	$197,018,965,309	$702,714,855,194
2004	$255,806,908,595	$793,175,561,887
2005	$288,867,217,197	$934,901,071,333
2006	$303,858,675,364	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$333,077,117,254	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$316,131,258,616	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$329,754,060,647	$943,941,876,219
2010	$417,363,822,802	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$458,199,494,831	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$434,400,545,086	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$400,886,013,596	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$381,198,869,776	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$346,709,790,459	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$323,585,509,674	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$381,448,814,653	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$405,260,723,893	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$389,330,032,224	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$337,974,655,408	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$420,886,877,629	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$406,920,004,594	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$380,699,271,816	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$400,260,724,226	-

South Africa and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

South Africa

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Africa	South Korea
1960	$532	$158.3
1961	$546	$93.8
1962	$563	$106.2
1963	$605	$146.3
1964	$646	$123.6
1965	$685	$108.7
1966	$722	$133.5
1967	$779	$161.2
1968	$817	$198.4
1969	$891	$243.4
1970	$952	$279.3
1971	$1,020	$301
1972	$1,038	$324
1973	$1,369	$407
1974	$1,656	$563
1975	$1,670	$617
1976	$1,559	$834
1977	$1,671	$1,056
1978	$1,852	$1,406
1979	$2,202	$1,784
1980	$3,029	$1,715
1981	$3,050	$1,883
1982	$2,717	$1,993
1983	$2,938	$2,199
1984	$2,504	$2,413
1985	$1,839	$2,482
1986	$2,027	$2,835
1987	$2,586	$3,555
1988	$2,702	$4,749
1989	$2,727	$5,817
1990	$3,093	$6,610
1991	$3,243	$7,637
1992	$3,462	$8,127
1993	$3,400	$8,885
1994	$3,489	$10,385
1995	$3,856	$12,565
1996	$3,618	$13,403
1997	$3,700	$12,398
1998	$3,310	$8,282
1999	$3,242	$10,672
2000	$3,218	$12,257
2001	$2,847	$11,561
2002	$2,688	$13,165
2003	$4,062	$14,673
2004	$5,221	$16,496
2005	$5,837	$19,403
2006	$6,077	$21,743
2007	$6,592	$24,086
2008	$6,185	$21,350
2009	$6,375	$19,144
2010	$7,973	$23,079
2011	$8,646	$25,098
2012	$8,077	$25,459
2013	$7,332	$27,180
2014	$6,857	$29,253
2015	$6,112	$28,737
2016	$5,651	$29,280
2017	$6,618	$31,601
2018	$6,914	$33,447
2019	$6,534	$31,902
2020	$5,581	$31,721
2021	$6,843	$35,126
2022	$6,523	$32,395
2023	$6,023	$33,121
2024	$6,253	-

South Africa vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	South Korea
1950	43.1	22.2
1951	44.1	26.6
1952	45	36.6
1953	46.1	40.5
1954	47.1	46.1
1955	48.2	48.4
1956	49.2	50.2
1957	50.2	51.6
1958	51.1	51.8
1959	51.9	52.9
1960	52.6	53.8
1961	53.1	54.4
1962	53.6	55
1963	53.9	55
1964	54.2	55.3
1965	54.4	55.8
1966	54.7	55.4
1967	55	60.9
1968	55.2	60.9
1969	55.4	61.4
1970	55.7	62.2
1971	56	62.7
1972	56.4	63.2
1973	56.7	63.8
1974	57.1	64.2
1975	57.6	64.7
1976	58	65
1977	58.5	64.6
1978	59	65
1979	59.5	66.1
1980	60	64.8
1981	60.4	67.1
1982	60.9	67.1
1983	61.4	66.7
1984	61.8	68.1
1985	62.2	68.4
1986	62.4	69
1987	62.7	69.3
1988	62.9	70.2
1989	63	70.7
1990	62.9	71
1991	63	71.4
1992	62.8	72.2
1993	62.6	72.7
1994	62.1	72.9
1995	61.6	73.4
1996	61.1	74
1997	60.5	74.5
1998	59.9	75
1999	59.2	75.6
2000	58.4	76.2
2001	57.2	76.9
2002	55.6	77.2
2003	54.2	77.5
2004	54	78
2005	53.9	78.4
2006	54.2	79
2007	54.9	79.4
2008	56	80
2009	57.4	80.6
2010	58.9	80.7
2011	60.6	81.2
2012	61.7	81.3
2013	62.4	81.8
2014	63.2	82.4
2015	64.1	82.5
2016	64.7	82.9
2017	65.4	83.3
2018	65.7	83.3
2019	66.1	83.7
2020	65.2	83.7
2021	62	83.9
2022	65.5	82.7
2023	66.1	84.3
2024	66.3	84.4
2025	66.5	84.5

South Africa and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	South Korea
1960	16,440,172	25,012,374
1961	16,908,035	25,765,673
1962	17,418,522	26,513,030
1963	17,954,564	27,261,747
1964	18,511,361	27,984,155
1965	19,089,380	28,704,674
1966	19,690,087	29,435,571
1967	20,314,066	30,130,983
1968	20,957,287	30,838,302
1969	21,614,676	31,544,266
1970	22,279,984	32,240,827
1971	22,942,143	32,882,704
1972	23,609,456	33,505,406
1973	24,294,263	34,103,149
1974	24,989,108	34,692,266
1975	25,690,940	35,280,725
1976	26,395,450	35,848,523
1977	27,118,952	36,411,795
1978	27,869,507	36,969,185
1979	28,634,162	37,534,236
1980	29,518,857	38,123,775
1981	30,541,044	38,723,248
1982	31,615,339	39,326,352
1983	32,739,304	39,910,403
1984	33,892,788	40,405,956
1985	35,042,093	40,805,744
1986	36,180,515	41,213,674
1987	37,326,190	41,621,690
1988	38,480,649	42,031,247
1989	39,628,575	42,449,038
1990	40,746,268	42,869,283
1991	41,687,898	43,295,704
1992	42,443,509	43,747,962
1993	43,297,156	44,194,628
1994	44,004,139	44,641,540
1995	44,541,554	45,092,991
1996	45,123,018	45,524,681
1997	45,666,838	45,953,580
1998	46,223,880	46,286,503
1999	46,730,335	46,616,677
2000	47,159,719	47,008,111
2001	47,566,800	47,370,164
2002	48,019,415	47,644,736
2003	48,500,348	47,892,330
2004	48,991,421	48,082,519
2005	49,490,033	48,184,561
2006	49,998,277	48,438,292
2007	50,528,584	48,683,638
2008	51,114,599	49,054,708
2009	51,728,516	49,307,835
2010	52,344,051	49,554,112
2011	52,995,205	49,936,638
2012	53,782,567	50,199,853
2013	54,678,791	50,428,893
2014	55,594,838	50,746,659
2015	56,723,537	51,014,947
2016	57,259,551	51,217,803
2017	57,635,162	51,361,911
2018	58,613,001	51,585,058
2019	59,587,885	51,764,822
2020	60,562,381	51,836,239
2021	61,502,603	51,769,539
2022	62,378,410	51,672,569
2023	63,212,384	51,712,619
2024	64,007,187	51,751,065

Fertility rates in South Africa and South Korea

Fertility rate

South Africa

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Africa	South Korea
1960	6.11	5.99
1961	6.08	5.8
1962	6.05	5.56
1963	6.01	5.33
1964	5.96	5.07
1965	5.89	4.89
1966	5.91	4.78
1967	5.85	4.62
1968	5.78	4.51
1969	5.72	4.45
1970	5.63	4.53
1971	5.57	4.54
1972	5.49	4.12
1973	5.41	4.07
1974	5.3	3.77
1975	5.19	3.43
1976	5.07	3
1977	4.94	2.99
1978	4.85	2.64
1979	4.82	2.9
1980	4.78	2.82
1981	4.71	2.57
1982	4.7	2.39
1983	4.63	2.06
1984	4.57	1.74
1985	4.5	1.66
1986	4.41	1.58
1987	4.35	1.53
1988	4.18	1.55
1989	3.98	1.56
1990	3.72	1.57
1991	3.62	1.71
1992	3.48	1.76
1993	3.37	1.65
1994	3.26	1.66
1995	3.17	1.63
1996	2.99	1.57
1997	2.73	1.54
1998	2.63	1.46
1999	2.56	1.43
2000	2.41	1.48
2001	2.37	1.31
2002	2.32	1.18
2003	2.36	1.19
2004	2.44	1.16
2005	2.51	1.09
2006	2.55	1.13
2007	2.55	1.26
2008	2.68	1.19
2009	2.5	1.15
2010	2.44	1.23
2011	2.44	1.24
2012	2.45	1.3
2013	2.43	1.19
2014	2.42	1.21
2015	2.36	1.24
2016	2.26	1.17
2017	2.28	1.05
2018	2.27	0.98
2019	2.26	0.92
2020	2.26	0.84
2021	2.25	0.81
2022	2.23	0.78
2023	2.22	0.72

South Africa and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

South Africa

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Africa	South Korea
1960	19	19.3
1961	19	19.2
1962	18.9	19.1
1963	18.9	19
1964	18.9	18.8
1965	18.8	18.6
1966	18.8	18.5
1967	18.8	18.6
1968	18.8	18.7
1969	18.8	18.8
1970	18.8	18.9
1971	18.8	19
1972	18.8	19.1
1973	18.8	19.3
1974	18.9	19.6
1975	18.9	19.9
1976	19	20.2
1977	19.1	20.7
1978	19.2	21.1
1979	19.3	21.6
1980	19.4	22.1
1981	19.6	22.5
1982	19.8	22.8
1983	20	23.3
1984	20.2	23.7
1985	20.4	24.2
1986	20.5	24.8
1987	20.7	25.3
1988	20.9	25.8
1989	21.1	26.3
1990	21.3	26.7
1991	21.5	27.2
1992	21.5	27.8
1993	21.9	28.3
1994	22	28.9
1995	21.5	29.4
1996	21.2	29.8
1997	21.2	30.2
1998	21.4	30.7
1999	21.6	31.2
2000	21.9	31.7
2001	22.2	32.3
2002	22.4	32.8
2003	22.8	33.4
2004	23.1	33.9
2005	23.3	34.5
2006	23.5	35.2
2007	23.8	35.8
2008	24	36.4
2009	24.3	37
2010	24.6	37.6
2011	25	38.2
2012	25.3	38.8
2013	25.7	39.5
2014	26	40.2
2015	26.4	40.8
2016	26.7	41.4
2017	27	41.9
2018	27.5	42.5
2019	27.9	43.1
2020	28.3	43.8
2021	28.6	44.4
2022	28.9	44.9
2023	29.2	45.5
2024	29.5	46.1

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